I was on 80 mgs of oxycontin 3 x a day and another 20 mg of oxycontin?

I was also taking different break through meds each month so I did not have a chance of them starting to not work. I always saved the 1-4 2 mgs of dilaudid fo trip that I would be sitting long so in other words I was allowed up 2 8 mgs of dilaudid every 6-8 hr like my percocet was always 1-2 10 mgs every 6-8 hrs. I now have a new doc beyond my control, and I am on 30 mgs of ms contin 3 x a day. this does not seem to even touch the pain, and for the past 2 weeks I have been trying to reach him, cuz I cannot even get out of bed. can anyone tell me aproxamatley how much ms contin would equal 80 mgs of oxycontin?have a pain free day dm

Added 23 Oct 2010:

that should be just 8 mgs of dilaudid per 6-8 if needed not 2 8's sey for the misprint

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Thats a lot of medication. You said you haven't got in touch with your doctor in 2 weeks? I would be looking for a new doctor and I know that easier said than done. I don't want you to take more of something when its not prescribed to take that much. a larger dose can become lethal and I don't want anything to happen to you. Try calling your pharmacy and ask them. If you feel like you want to file a complaint on your doctor for not returning your calls then you can contact the division of consumer affairs in your state and file online or send a complaint in. Im sorry about your pain and I pray it gets better for you.

Yea, she's really hurting right now. The problem is she just found this new doc not that long ago. Obviously he doesn't realize the true extent of her pain. But to look for a new doc so soon would look suspicious. I would def work on this doc and get him to realize the level of pain she has.

yes christine is right. to put in bluntly my old pain doc was caught using cocain and lost his licence for at least 18 months, and if and when he does get it back he il not be allowed to go back into pain management. so am right now hurting like ... I think you can understand. I have seen this new doc 2 times so far and again the day before my trip, per his orders he said he was gong to make a majore adjustment knowing Ill be sitting in a convention and a car for over 10 hrs and all day Fri. Sat and half of Sun. I will be in workshops for my illness, and than the wonderful long trip home which he said he would make sure I had enough meds to last me for a good month to get right to the back rear and legs. Thanks so much all I love all of you.Until I found this group I honestly thought I was the only one on this planet going through so much H... dm

Make sure you find the conversion chart to be exact but from my experience, I always needed more MS Contin than Oxycontin. I needed like a 60mg MS to compare to a 40mg Oxy. So in that case, you would need wayyy more than you were given. If you were taking over 100mg of Oxy at a time plus Diluadid and now you are only taking 30mg MS Contin to compare to all of that, Idk what your dr was thinking. That wouldnt come close.

Like I said, try doing a search on here for the conversion chart to be sure but thats how it was for me anyway.

Do you still have a fair amount of the breakthrough meds left? I know this is a new doc for you but if you increase the mscontin without his permission, he will drop you. On the MS Contin scale, you are on the 3rd lowest mg as I believe they go up to 200mg. 90mg per day is not near what you were previously prescribed in pain control. But if the pain is that bad, I would increase the bt med and not the ms contin. You do not want to risk losing this doc so soon after finding him. I am not telling you what to take, only saying what I would do. A good idea would be to fax his office first thing Monday morning. That is the best way to get a docs attention. Write out all the problems you are having and ask permission to increase the mscontin. I would also let him know you are unable to come in to his office with the level of pain you have.

I hope you get through to this doc soon! Be safe and let us know how it works out.chris

I found a converter chart and entered your info. It would only let me put in oxycodone and morphine. Not specifically oxycontin or MS Contin. I also used the lowest percentage (25%) for the highest dose you could be converted to. I entered 80mg oxycodone and morphine as the drug to be converted to. It gave me the dose of 90mg morphine which is exactly what your doc prescribed. This is maybe how he came up with this (ridiculous) switch over. We all know the meds you were on are much stronger then what you are prescribed now. I'm just thinking this is how he came up with his dosage. If so, he should NOT be a doctor.

Hi dmlady hope that your feeling beter,as to your question on hav many Ms 30mg equal 80mg OXYCONTIN aproxemetly 3x30mg= 80mg oxy's,and as fare as you cant get in toch with your DR you can call your insurance privider and tell them your situation and ask for a reforal,thay usualu have dr that thay recomend hope this healp haveapain free day n good luck. JOHN.